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2011/2/27 Ed W <lists@××××××××××.com>: |
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> On 26/02/2011 18:01, Magnus Granberg wrote: |
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>> If you have read the last meeting we will be removing the pic use flag as |
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>> default on in the hardened amd64 profile. We will start with the changes |
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>> when |
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>> the new structure to the profiles have settled down. |
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> Hi, any chance of a bit of background on this change? ie the "why" and some |
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> of the implications? |
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Summing it up a lot, amd64 usually needs not special asm code for PIC |
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due to the way the ABI is defined (which means being PIC by default |
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usually). |
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That's not always the case, i.e. aircrack needed special PIC code, but |
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in general it shouldn't be a problem. |
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